Single motorcycle travel Tibet (thirty-eight)
Mutuo, a mysterious place, it is China's more than 2,800 counties, the last one through the highway county, but also the lowest altitude in Tibet, the climate is the most moderate, the ecological preservation of the most well-preserved party, where there is a pristine Menba and Lhoba folklore, and the Lotus Sheng Masters, King Gesar, Cang Yangjiazuo and other legendary figures left the eternal imprint, is Tibet's rare talent treasure, also known as the "hidden paradise". Usually we see on TV or on the network of the Murdock is mostly magnificent natural landscape, then the legendary Murdock County in the end what is it like?
Following the previous article "eyes in heaven, the body in the hell of the highway, was named" China's ultimate cross-country road "," the previous article shared the Murdock highway along the landscape and the current road conditions, Murdock highway due to the limitations of the geological terrain, the road is not fully open until 2013, the road is not open until the end of the year. Until 2013 before the full through, so far, even cars can not be normal driving on this highway, is currently the most dangerous and most difficult to go on the highway. But the Murdock Highway has a very beautiful natural landscape along the way, as long as you walk on it again, it will make you unforgettable for a lifetime.
DAY 19
After crossing the beautiful but dangerous Murdock Highway, we finally arrived at Murdock County, which is also known as "Baimagang", a small county along the India-China border. Many friends may have heard of this place, is considered to be a relatively famous county in China, whether in the forum travelogue, or in the new media platform, there are a lot of articles about the Murdock, so why Murdock will be so favored? Today we will take you to see what is so special about Murdock County.
Get up in the morning, the sky pattered with drizzle, the guesthouse lady said to me, "Now is the rainy season in Mutuo, a day can be several rains, and even sometimes for several days". Although Murdock is located in Tibet, but here at a lower altitude, the average altitude of about 1200 meters, and belongs to the Himalayas subtropical humid climate zone, so the rain here is very abundant, the climate is not as cold as the rest of Tibet, the temperature here and the oxygen content with the mainland cities are not very different, known as "the most non-Tibetan place! "
Murtagh is the most beautiful place in the world.
Motuo county town with the mainland town about the same size, built in the Yarlung Tsangpo River side of the mid-levels, surrounded by dense forests around, looks like a dense forest in the paradise. There are not many skyscrapers and busy streets here, where the vast majority of businessmen are from the provinces, with the majority of businessmen in Sichuan and Chongqing. When I had breakfast, I talked to the owner of the restaurant about this matter, and he told me that "local people don't know how to do business, so almost all of the people who do business here are from other places, and some of the locals try to open stores to sell their products, but they close down in a short period of time, and almost all of them make their living by farming and planting, and they don't have much experience in running business, so it's hard for them to do business. ".
In the county streets around, found that prices here than many cities in the Mainland are high, and even higher than the prices of other cities in Tibet, including food and household goods, I refueled in Mutuo, I found that the price of oil here to be more than 8 yuan a liter, and then the Mainland cities only 6 yuan a liter. Why Murdock this small county, in the case of economic underdevelopment prices are still so high? This is because of the traffic difficulties in Motuo, to the outside world is only a highway, and the road condition is bad, transportation materials into the very difficult, which inadvertently led to an increase in transportation costs. Originally, most of the materials in Tibet are transported from the mainland, in terms of transportation costs have been a lot higher, plus the cost of transportation through the Murat highway, so that the arrival of Murat's goods are naturally much more expensive.
In the city of Motuo there is a park, called "Lotus Sacred Park", almost come to the Motuo tourists will go around here, which is the seventh batch of Guangdong aid to the construction of the park, there is also a Lotus Plaza in the park, in the evening, people will gather to the square to jump up the local characteristics of the dance, just like we jumped on the mainland! In the evening, people would gather in the square to dance the local specialty dance, just like we do in the Mainland. The park is like a terraced lotus pond, next to the commercial streets of Murdock, both sides of the street are the Menba and Lhoba style buildings, and China's Men Luo cultural exhibition hall, which is the Murdock County is more worthwhile to come to stroll around the place.
The inhabitants of the territory of Mutuo are mainly Menba and Lhoba, which are two ethnic groups with a long history, they have their own language, but do not have their own text, most of them know Tibetan. Menba is a relatively small population of ethnic minorities, mainly distributed in Tibet, Mutuo, Menshu, Wrong County and other areas, due to the Menba and Tibetan long-term friendly exchanges, so in the culture, beliefs, customs and other aspects of life have a very close relationship.
The Menba people are mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, they are good at weaving all kinds of bamboo utensils and making wood products in addition to planting crops, etc. They also have rich folk literature and folk songs with beautiful tunes. Tibetan people like to drink tea, the Menba people are very fond of drinking wine, their wine are home brewed yellow wine, alcohol concentration is very low, they drink with us like water. The religious beliefs of the Menba people are mainly based on Yongzhongbenjiao (the original religion of Tibet) and Tibetan Buddhism, and now each school of Tibetan Buddhism has a great influence in the Mutuo area.
The Menba people also have a very superstitious legend, "poisoned rich people, they will be able to attract wealth; poisoned strong people, they will live a long and healthy life; poisoned beautiful people, they will be as beautiful as a flower; poisoned smart people, they will be able to get the wisdom of the superior, etc., the local people called "take the blessing", they believe that the death of the poisoned people, they will be able to get the wisdom of the superior.
Another ethnic group Lhoba is one of the two major ethnic groups in Mutuo, mainly distributed in Tibet, Mutuo, Miling, Chashu and other places, is said to be the smallest number of ethnic minorities in China in an ethnic group, they are the same with the Menba is also has its own language, but there is no text, fluent in Tibetan. Lhoba is a special ethnic group, there are many tribes within the Lhoba, and their religious beliefs are mostly primitive Wicca.
Murat County, no memorable attractions, relatively ordinary, the entire county are not big, the city has a cab, can go to the surrounding road conditions in some of the better countryside. There are also cars in the city, just less, most of them are off-road vehicles and pickup trucks and other vehicles with better passability. Due to the extreme road conditions of the Murdock Highway, it is generally difficult to realize that you want to drive a car in, and these cars in the county should be transported to Murdock by large trucks.
Although the county town of Motuo is relatively ordinary, but the surrounding has a lot of magnificent landscape, such as the Gogo Tang big bend, the Yarlung Zangbo River, Rinchen Avalanche Temple, Vine Net Bridge and so on, are worth to go slowly to appreciate the place, where you will forget the hustle and bustle of the city noisy, but also let you forget about the troubles of the work and life, relax and enjoy all the things here, here, you will find a A very different Tibet.
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